Energy & Climate

The Heinrich Böll Foundation puts its main emphasis on the areas of global energy and climate policy, i.e. discussions about the opportunities for renewable energy. Our Warsaw office focuses on the presentation and promotion of sustainable, thus long-term, scenarios in the development of the energy sector in Europe, and in particular in Poland. We initiate debates on various energy models considering health, economic and political issues. As well as debates, we deliver knowledge in the form of handbooks and analysis.

"Build Back Greener? "Biden's Plan for America's International Climate Commitment

Commentary

"Build back better" has been Joe Biden’s campaign promise. Climate policy is central to this, both in domestic and foreign policy. Ultimately, it is also a question of whether the Biden government can succeed in regaining lost credibility on the international stage.

By Liane Schalatek

Programme Coordination

Beata Cymerman

Head of Energy & Climate Programme

Social Media

Energy

Coal Commission Final Report – Assessment

Comment

Stefanie Groll takes a look at the long awaited report, which is considered the onset of the coal exit in Germany. What does the report propose for climate protection, structural change, workers, and industries?

By Stefanie Groll

Opening: Irene Hahn-Fuhr, Greta Maria Tučkutė, Andrzej Kaźmierski, Claude Turmes

Energy Union – What’s Best for Poland and Europe? - Expert Conference Summary Report

Energy security was the underlying idea behind the Energy Union which originally merely sought to reduce dependence on natural gas supplies from Russia. Over time, however, the Energy Union gradually evolved to become a way to boost European competitiveness, provide an impulse for innovation, contribute to climate policy, as well as ensure sustainable socio-economic modernisation. Energy was the foundation of the European Community – will Energy Union emerge as a driver of European cooperation in the spirit of solidarity, strengthening the European Union as a whole?

By Katarzyna Ugryn

More about "Energy"

Zdjęcie pokazuje kontenery wypełnione wysoce radioaktywnymi odpadami z wycofanych z eksploatacji elektrownie jądrowe w magazynie Zwischenlager Nord w dniu 8 czerwca 2011 r. w Lubmin, Niemcy.

The World Nuclear Waste Report – Focus Europe

The amount of nuclear waste is growing worldwide. But even 70 years after the beginning of the nuclear age, no country in the world has found a real solution for the radiating legacy of nuclear power.

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Coal Atlas: Facts and figures on a fossil fuel

Our Coal Atlas contains the latest facts and figures on the use of coal and its environmental and social consequences. With more than 60 detailed graphics, the atlas illustrates the coal industry’s impact on nature, health, labour, human rights and politics.

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Climate Change

Energy Transition

Discussing the future of nuclear industry in Poland

Report

Over the last year Poland has observed a renewed interest in an idea to develop its civil nuclear program. With the translation of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report (WNISR) and organising the visit to Warsaw of Mycle Schneider, its lead author, hbs Warsaw and the Institute for Sustainable Development decided to bring international experience with nuclear energy to the debate about the future of Polish energy system. The visit took place in the first days of March. Exactly at the time when the coronavirus crisis has reached Poland.

By Piotr Trzaskowski

The power of feminine renewable energy

Report

The growth of renewable energy is providing us with a unique opportunity to pull down the long-established gender division within the energy sector. The green game will be fair, clean and feminine.

By Agata Skrzypczyk

More about "Energy Transition"

Blog

Journalist Michał Olszewski comments developments in the Polish energy sector with a special emphasis on coal production.

European Mobility Atlas 2021

Atlas

Sustainable transport and mobility are key to tackle the climate crisis and to achieve the targets of the European Green Deal. However, transport today accounts for nearly 30 percent of the CO₂ emissions within the European Union. How can the EU reduce its transport and mobility emissions while connecting citizens, creating green jobs and leading the innovation in the sector?

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Climate Justice and Migration

How should policymakers respond to the reality and future prospect of vast populations being displaced and relocated in an era of global heating? With climate change looming, anxiety over immigration from the Global South is increasingly fuelled by apocalyptic fears of ecological breakdown.

This volume offers fresh perspectives on the relationship between climate change and human migration, questioning the pessimistic prisms of ‘security’ and market-oriented approaches to ‘adaptation’ that currently guide policy.

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The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2019

The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2019 (WNISR2019) provides a comprehensive overview of nuclear power plant data, including information on age, operation, production and construction.

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Energy & Climate

"Build Back Greener? "Biden's Plan for America's International Climate Commitment

Programme Coordination

Beata Cymerman

Social Media

Energy

Coal Commission Final Report – Assessment

Energy Union – What’s Best for Poland and Europe? - Expert Conference Summary Report

The World Nuclear Waste Report – Focus Europe

Coal Atlas: Facts and figures on a fossil fuel

Energy Atlas 2018

Climate Change

COP 24 in Katowice

A Process on the Brink of Collapse Confronts a World on the Move

Climate change: the fault of the patriarchy

Dreams do come true: the power and political influence of urban activists